Four‐dimensional computed tomography pulmonary ventilation images vary with deformable image registration algorithms and metrics

T Yamamoto, S Kabus, T Klinder, J von Berg… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: A novel pulmonary ventilation imaging technique based on four‐dimensional (4D)
CT has advantages over existing techniques and could be used for functional avoidance in …

Validation of three deformable image registration algorithms for the thorax

K Latifi, G Zhang, M Stawicki… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Deformable image registration (DIR) has been proposed for lung ventilation calculation
using 4D CT. Spatial accuracy of DIR can be evaluated using expert landmark …

Investigation of four-dimensional computed tomography-based pulmonary ventilation imaging in patients with emphysematous lung regions

T Yamamoto, S Kabus, T Klinder… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A pulmonary ventilation imaging technique based on four-dimensional (4D) computed
tomography (CT) has advantages over existing techniques. However, physiologically …

The numerical stability of transformation-based CT ventilation

E Castillo, R Castillo, Y Vinogradskiy… - International journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Computed tomography (CT)-derived ventilation imaging utilizes deformable image
registration (DIR) to recover respiratory-induced tissue volume changes from inhale/exhale …

Lung deformation estimation and four-dimensional CT lung reconstruction

S Xu, RH Taylor, G Fichtinger, K Cleary - Academic radiology, 2006 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Four-dimensional (4D) computed tomography (CT) can be
used in radiation treatment planning to account for respiratory motion. Current 4D CT …

Mapping lung ventilation through stress maps derived from biomechanical models of the lung

G Cazoulat, JM Balter, MM Matuszak, S Jolly… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Most existing computed tomography (CT)‐ventilation imaging techniques are
based on deformable image registration (DIR) of different respiratory phases of a four …

Evaluating the accuracy of 4D‐CT ventilation imaging: first comparison with Technegas SPECT ventilation

F Hegi‐Johnson, P Keall, J Barber, C Bui… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Computed tomography ventilation imaging (CTVI) is a highly accessible functional
lung imaging modality that can unlock the potential for functional avoidance in lung cancer …

Clinical validation of a 4D-CT based method for lung ventilation measurement in phantoms and patients

TB Nyeng, JF Kallehauge, M Høyer, JBB Petersen… - Acta …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Lung cancer patients referred to radiotherapy (RT) often present with regional
lung function deficits, and it is therefore of interest to image their lung function prior to …

Estimating lung ventilation directly from 4D CT Hounsfield unit values

J Kipritidis, MS Hofman, S Siva, J Callahan… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Computed tomography ventilation imaging (CTVI) aims to visualize air‐volume
changes in the lung by quantifying respiratory motion in 4DCT using deformable image …

Modeling respiratory motion for reducing motion artifacts in 4D CT images

Y Zhang, J Yang, L Zhang, LE Court, PA Balter… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Four‐dimensional computed tomography (4D CT) images have been recently
adopted in radiation treatment planning for thoracic and abdominal cancers to explicitly …